Back to
my Home Page
Updated on 6th September 2009
Disclaimer :
I do not love war, I do not want to wage war on anybody, this
game represents just an intellectual and harmless contest.
World in Flames (WiF) is an Australian
Design Group’s strategic level game
of the Second World War. Two to seven players will manage the
economics, and conduct the military operations of the major
nations involved in that conflict, from 1939 to 1945, either as a
member of the Axis (Germany, Italy and Japan), or as one of the
Allies (China, the Commonwealth, France, the USSR and the USA).
Complete campaign games of World in Flames can last more than 100
hours.
WiF can be played with Days of Decision (DoD) from Australian Design Group, to
play from 1936 to 1946. The players choose their policy, sign
treaties, negotiate economic agreements, garantee minor
countries, declare war, etc... The game is three sided, with
Democrats (Nationalist China, the Commonwealth, France and the
USA) teaming up with the Communists (Russia and Communist China)
against the Fascists (Germany, Italy and Japan).
Note : all these downloadable items are zipped unless
otherwise noted.
Note : Normally, Word files should be in the Word 6
format. However, as I am now using Word 2000, an error can slip
through, and one of those Word files could be in a Word 97/2000
format. If one of the Word file was unreadable with Word 6,
e-mail me and I'll change the version.
- Scales of WiF FE
(how many planes in a counter, how many tons of shipping
in a CP...) (Unzipped Text
file - 3,10 kb).
World in Flames is a game in constant evolution. Here is some
files to help you clear up all that.
- A small text file originaly from Tom Cleaveland
to clear up what are the latest
versions of the WiF FE components (i.e. countersheets, maps, rulebook & charts) (Unzipped Text file - 2,70 kb).
- Here is a list of all WiF FE components and in which kits you can
find them, and what is their latest © date (in case you track down the
latest WiF FE things) (Zipped Excel file -
7,36 kb).
- Look here to read about the WiF FE Rule evolutions.
- See here for the listing of differences between the © 1996
(original) WiF FE Maps and the © 2000 ones
released in PatiF, and the new ones © 2004 reprinted in 2004 (Unzipped Text
file - 8,48 kb).
- See here for the listing of the changes made to the World
in Flames' Charts over the time (Unzipped Text file - 981 bytes).
- See here for the listing of the changes made to the Africa
Aflames & Asia Aflame (CS 14-15)
countersheets over the
time (From AfA/AsA © 1994 to AfA/AsA © 1997 to AfA/AsA © 2003) (Zipped
Word file - 13,3 kb).
- See here for the listing of the changes made to the Plane
in Flames (CS 7-9) countersheets over the time (from PiF
Gold © 1993 to PiF Gold © 1996 to PiF Gold © 2000 to PiF Gold © 2007) (Zipped
Word file - 25,5 kb).
- See here for the listing of the changes made to the Ship
in Flames (CS 18-22) countersheets over the time (from SiF © 1995 to SiF © 1997 to SiF
© 2000 to SiF © 2007) (Zipped Word file -
13,6 kb).
- See here for the listing of the changes made to the World
in Flames Final Edition Classic (CS
1-6, 24) countersheets over the time (from
WiF FE © 1996 to WiF FE © 1997 to WiF FE © 2000 to WiF FE © 2003 to WiF FE ©
2007) (Zipped
Word file -
9,05 kb).
- See here for the listing of the changes made to the Mech in Flames (CS
23) countersheet over the time (from
WiF FE © 1996 to WiF FE © 2007) (Zipped
Word file -
64,5 kb).
- An absolutely complete list of all World
in Flames Final Edition Counters
(6,843 pieces) lies here, with all data available for
each counter (Excel
File - 628 kb). The file was first typed by Vesa Saarinen,
edited & proof-read by me, completed by
William Popovich,
Marc Ammerlaan,
Tobias Heck, John McGowan and me, and with
corrections by Santi Sorroche,
Daniel,
Manuel Pérez Ron.
This Excel file contains 7 Sheets. It is fantastic when
used with Excel 5's AutoFilter or PivotTables. No longer
will you guess at "which damned counter did you
loose last game !!!".
- Updated for Leaders in Flames
(CS 25, © 1998) (123 more counters plus the 17
reprinted pesky German planes from PiF 1996).
- Updated for Carrier Planes in Flames
(CS 29, © 1998) (280 more counters).
- Updated for America in Flames
(CS 26-28, © 1998) (840 more counters, added to
or replacing WiF's ones).
- Updated for Politics in Flames
countersheet (CS 30, © 2000) (200 more counters,
added to or replacing WiF's ones).
- Updated for the Patton in Flames
countersheets (CS 31-35, © 2000) (1,000 more
counters, added to or replacing WiF's ones).
- Updated for the new status of some units (some MIL and
some german-friendly other units).
- Updated for Cruisers in Flames (CS
36-37, © 2003).
- Updated for Convoys in Flames (CS
37-38, © 2003).
- Updated for the latest World in Flames
countersheets (CS 1-6, © 2003).
- Updated for AfA / AsA Update Kit
(CS 14-15, © 2003).
- Updated for the latest Planes in Flames
countersheets (CS 7-9, © 2007).
- Updated for the latest Ships in Flames
countersheet (CS 18-22, ©
2007).
- Updated for the latest Mech in Flames
countersheet (CS 23, © 2007),
with lots of help from
William Popovich.
- Updated for the latest World in Flames
countersheet (CS 24, © 2007).
- Here is a file to help you replace the old counters with the new
2007 ones (Word file - 5,72
kb).
- Updated for the latest Factories in Flames
countersheet (CS 39, © 2008).
By the way, when adding AiF, PoliF
and PatiF heavy units to a regular WiF
FE game, if you find duplicates take the PatiF units.
- Here is a gallery of WiF FE,
Fatal Alliance II, DoD III, AiF, PatiF, PoliF, LiF, FiF countersheets. (Updated
for 2008 Annual countersheet)
- Here are the units descriptions describing
and explaining the values on the counters (Updated for CoiF & CLiF) .
- An excellent and very useful Graphic Counter
Lists for WiF FE, sorted out by country and year
of arrival in the force pool, is on John Schødt
Pedersen's web site. Good idea and good job from John
!!! He has updated the files to show changes due to the
AfA / AsA Update Kit (© 1997) and Leaders in Flames
(CS25, © 1998).
John has also added the AiF & CVPiF
counters.
Not yet updated for PoliF or PatiF.
- A listing of America in Flames Counters
lies here (Excel 5 File - 66,8
kb). This file was typed by Tobias Heck,
corrected by Marc
Ammerlaan, John
Schødt Pedersen, and me. It is the same format as
the WiF FE counter list above. The file also indicate for
each counter if it can be added to WiF FE pools, or if it
replace a WiF FE counter.
- A listing of Patton in Flames Counters
(CS31-35) is here (Excel 97
File - 52,9 kb). This file was typed by Gilles
Delabrouille, slightly edited & corrected by me.
- List of Leaders from LiF (CS25, © 1998)
and list of the abilities (leader indicated) (Word File - 21,6 kb). Everyone
makes his file about this, here is mine. White Print
abilities are shown.
Updated for LoC12 Leaders.
- List of Leaders from LiF (CS25, © 1998)
along with their abilities, assembled by Mark E. Horan (Word File - 17,7 kb). This
file and mine are quite complementary, but this one alone
is better than mine alone. White Print abilities are shown.
Updated for LoC12 Leaders.
World in Flames Final Edition Core Rules
RAW7-august-04 (August 2004) (Released at ADG's Website) (only electronic).
Official FAQ
1.3 published at ADG's website .
RAW7-august-04 traduite en français (fichier Word
- 1,23 Mo) par Stéphane
DELAMOTTE, avec illustrations. Traduction non officielle, qui inclus le livret de scénario
allégé des Player's Notes, ainsi que le tableau de setup.
RAW7-august-04 traduite en français (fichier
PDF - 792 Ko) par Thierry BOTHOREL, d'après la première traduction de
Stéphane DELAMOTTE. Traduction non officielle.
RAW7m (8th May 2003) (Released at ADG's Website) (only electronic).
RAW7a (1st May 2003) is the latest printed (and binded !!!!)
version (© 2003).
RAW7 (17 January 2003) (Released at ADG's Website) (only electronic)
RAW6.01 (16 July 2000) is the third printed (and the
first to be binded)
version (© 2000)
RAW6 (June 2000) (Released for the WiF Companion CD-ROM owners)
RAW5 (November 1999) (Released on the WiF Companion CD-ROM)
RAW4d (15 February 1999 - wrongly dated 15 Dec. 1998) (only
available electronicaly).
RAW4c (15 December 1998) (only electronic).
RAW4b (2 November 1998) (only electronic)
RAW4a (30 October 1998) (only electronic)
RAW3 (14 January 1998) (only electronic)
RAW2 (1 September 1997) is the second printed
version (© 1997).
RAW1 is the first original printed version (©
1996).
Comparisons between World in Flames Final Edition Core Rules
- Comparison between RAW7m (8 May 2003) and RAW7-august-04
(August 2004) (Word file - 32,2 kb).
- Comparison between RAW7a (1 May 2003) and RAW7m (8
May 2003) (Word File - 7,26 kb).
- Comparison between RAW7 (17 January 2003) and RAW7a (1
May 2003) (Word Files - 56,1 kb).
- Here is the RAW7 Options List (Excel
file - 29,0 kb) .
- Comparison between RAW6.01 (16 July 2000) and RAW7a
Rule Book (1 May 2003) (RTF
Files -
408 kb).
This Zip file contain three RTF files. See the text file included for
explanations.
- Comparison between RAW6.01 (16 July 2000) and RAW7a
Scenario Book (1 May 2003) (RTF
Files - 184 kb).
This Zip file contain three RTF files. See the text file included for
explanations.
- Comparison between RAW6.01 (16 July 2000) and
RAW7 (17 January 2003) (RTF Files -
158 kb).
This Zip file contain three RTF files. A complete one listing all
changes (showing all errased and all added words), a normal one showing
the all changes normaly, and a small one listing only real rule
changes.
- Comparison between RAW4d (15
February 1999) and RAW6.01 (16 July
2000) (RTF Files - 66,7 kb).
This Zip file contain two RTF file. A big one listing all
changes, and a small one listing only real rule
changes.
- Comparison between RAW2 (1
September 1997, the last printed rulebook) and
RAW6.01 (16 July 2000) (RTF Files - 90,9 kb). This Zip file contain two RTF file.
A big one listing all changes, and a small one listing
only real rule changes.
Leader in Flames Rules
- Look for Leaders in Flames Rules
(including Guard Banner Armies, New US Entry Options, New
US Entry Actions, and Leaders), at
Vesa's
Website or Hans' Website.
I link it from here to avoid having multiple versions
available online.
America in Flames Rules
America in Flames Rules Supplement
The AiF Rule Supplement is different from the AiF rulebook. It
is a small booklet listing only the differences in the WiF FE
rules fot AiF.
AiF3 : (13 November 1998) is the latest version (only
available electronicaly).
AiF2 : (30 October 1998) (only electronic).
AiF1 : (6 October 1998) is the printed version included in AiF
games and Update Kits.
- The latest America in Flames rules
supplement (AiF3) is available on ADG official website (Downloads section). This new set of rules was
released on the Internet on the 13th November 1998.
- Here is a file (RTF file -
6,58 kb) about the differences between AiF2 (30 October
1998) and AiF3 (13 November) of AiF Rules.
- Here is a file (RTF file -
8,28 kb) about the differences between AiF1 (6 October
1998) and AiF2 (30 October) of AiF Rules.
Patton in Flames Rules
Days of Decision III Rules
- The latest version of the DoD III rulebook is available at ADG official website (Downloads section).
It is from May 2009.
- The differences between the latest DoD III rulebook and the previous one
that was from August 2004 are shown in this document, that you should open
with MS Word to see the Revision Marks (Word
File - 160 Kb).
- Graphic 1939 Global War Setup by
Frank (report any errors to him) :
USA,
CW,
USSR,
France,
China,
Italy,
Germany,
Japan (only
linked, not hosted, because of lack of space).
- An attempt at showing the Sea Areas of WiF FE on a (quite small)
picture map (JPG file - 232 kb).
- An unofficial map for Iceland
for WiF FE by Michael
Green (JPG file - 179 kb).
- Computing US Entry (Excel 5 file - 18,3 kb) (with
explanations in a separate text file). Updated for LiF.
Not updated for RAW6 which has a slightly modified US
Entry system than RAW4d.
- Managing the Convoy lines of Japan, CW
and France (Excel 5 file - 16,1 kb) (with explanations in a separate text file).
- Computing the Production for each major
power (Excel 97 file - 18,6 kb) (with explanations in a separate text file) (File
improved by Thomas
MacDevitt).
- Off-Map distances (without AiF) and some
WiF / PiF planes sorted out by range (Word 6 file - 5,43 kb). Thanks to Alessandro
Cingolani and Eric Slomski
for their contribution. Remember when reading this
file that you have to count distances from the nearest
hexdots to the Blue Communication Line. It seems
that the "nearest hexdot counting" rule is not
enforced for links to, or from, the America Minimap
(thanks John Schødt
Pedersen who directly asked this to Harry). I deleted
the link because I have to correct it.
- Sea Zones connections display by Richard
James Bradley (slightly edited & corrected by me - I
added land masses and the south-east pacific zone) (Word 97 file - 11,8 kb, Word 6 / RTF file - 17,2 kb).
- The terrains of some islands of the Pacific.
Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference between
Jungle and Clear terrain for some of those tiny islands.
This file can help (Unzipped Text
file - 2,18 kb).
- A list of ambiguous passages on the WiF
FE maps, telling you whether you can pass or not, whether
it is an all-sea hexside or not (Unzipped
Text file - 2,55 kb).
- Color and B&W charts to be pinned to
the WiF's room wall, made by Casey Charlton
(slightly edited by me - naval combat chart from me).
Land, Air & Naval Combat Charts, Activities Limits Chart, Built Points
Chart, Sequence of play (Excel 5 & Word 6 files - 32,7 kb) (updated to match the RAW3 -- didn't change in RAW4).
- Colorful Weather Cards from Dean Lueke
(unzipped GIF file - 47,8 kb),
to be placed on the maps to show the weather in each zone
easily (with weather effects). Explanations in a separate
Text file.
- Air / Sea Transportation in WiF FE (Excel 5 File - 4,47 kb). File
from Paul Jayne. What
you can transport, with what, and how many of each can
you transport.
- Various tables and charts about Air to Air combat
result percentages, Anti-Air results
percentages, Turn Ending percentages (Excel 97 file - 10,6 kb). Please
note that I'm not the author of these tables, and I've
forgotten from whom they where except for those supplied
by Merlin.
- Computing the Odd levels for combats, as
well as percentage chances to shift to the next odd level
(if playing with fractional odds) (Excel
97 File - 17,2 kb). The idea of such a file is from Joffrey. Use carefully, because it is probably not 100%
accurate.
- Résumé des opportunités offertes aux
8 Major Powers dans la Campagne Globale 1939 (Alignement
de pays mineurs, pactes, échanges économiques, Set-Up
1939, always...) (5 fichiers Word 6
en français avec un peu d'anglais - 52,3 kb). Mis à
jour par rapport à la RAW4, mis à jour pour LiF.
- Turn per Turn Objectives Ownership table
(Excel 97 file - 36,9 kb).
There is also a table showing the distances from the
objectives to some Major Powers' Capitals. I also added a
cumulative table.
- Some WWII Timelines (RTF File - 12,1 kb). These
Timelines are taken straight from SSI's War In Russia,
SSI's Clash of Steel & SSI's Pacific War computer games' rulebooks. No attempt at violating Copyright laws
here. Just information.
- Some Operations' Names example, from
WWII and others, to liven up your game reports (Excel 97 file - 27,7 kb) (Tab Text file (WWII) - 10,4 kb).
Our Game Reports
- Game report of an ongoing 2 players WiF FE Vassal Campaign (Game XVIII),
including CoiF & CLiF and the 2007 counters, started in November 2007 (PDF
file (story) and Excel 97 file (losses) - 161 Kb). Barbarossa 41 game. J/F 42 to be played.
- Game report of a finished 4 players WiF FE Campaign (Game XVII),
including CoiF & CLiF and the 2007 counters, started in May 2007 (PDF
file (story) and Excel 97 file (losses) - 1.41 Mb). Poland, Denmark,
Netherlands, Belgium, Hungary, Bulgaria, France, Libya, Sardinia, Marshall, Caroline,
Mariana, Palau, Italian Somaliland, Italy have been conquered, the NEI,
France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Philippines and Denmark were
liberated. The allies are in northern Germany and Austrian, and the Russians
are in Poland. Germany completely conquered by the USA, but not without a
fight.
.
- Game report of an abandonned 5 players WiF FE Campaign (Game XVI),
including CoiF & CLiF, played from November 2005 to April / May 2006 (PDF
file (story) and Excel 97 file (losses) - 199 Kb). The German player has
decided it to be a Gibraltar through Spain game, with a France first at the
start. The game was played up to J/A 41 with horrendeous losses to the CW,
and Gibraltar still holding but in Jeopardy. S/O 41 is being played, and the
USA, USSR and Japan entered the war. Game stopped in J/F 42 I believe
because of problems with one player.
- Illustrated Game report of a finished 5 players WiF FE Campaign (Game XV),
including CoiF & CLiF, with some action from German Raiders, played from August 2004
to March 2005, led to a brilliant Axis victory (PDF
file (story) and Excel 97 file (losses) - 1,36 Mb).
- I've written no game report of the
5 players WiF
FE Campaign (Game XIII) played from September 2001 to May 2002,
because I was too busy playing the "4th Coming" online Role Playing Game at
the time. But I have some photographs of the
end of the game here. I remember an overwhelming USA power (I was
the USA), with the only conquest of Japan in our group's history.
- I've written no game report of the 5 players WiF
FE Campaign (Game XII), played in 2001, because I was too busy
playing the "4th Coming" online Role Playing Game at the time. But I have some
photographs of the end of the game here. I
remember that this game was marked by a clear separation of the CW and US
theaters in Europe, and that it lead to a very long fall of Italy (I was Italy
/ Japan) at the hands of the CW.
- I've written no game report of the 5 players WiF
FE Campaign (Game XI), played over the course of
8 consecutive days with / against David Clement as a
guest star playing Germany in August 2000. The pace was
too fast for me to note details, except from the losses
chart and a short "city captured / liberated"
report. The game went up to S/O '44, and ended up in a
Brilliant Axis victory, after the loss of Gibraltar from
the CW, and an exciting fast paced battle fought in the
Ukraine in '42.
- Short Game Report of a 7 players WiF FE
Campaign (Game X), played from February to July 2000 (Word 97 file (story) and Excel 97 file (losses) -
103
kb). Bizarre game with a '40 Russia,
no France's Campaign, no Atlantic war, and a '41 falling Italy. France played a major role !!! Germany has
surrendered in M/A '45.
(See photographs of M/A '45 here).
Other people's Game Reports
- Compte rendu de partie de Yann Hugot en français. C'est une partie de
DoD III + WiF FE à 7 joueurs. Ils en sont à S/O '41. (Fichier
Word - 807 kb).
Vassal is a Java-based program that allows you to play
World in Flames online with your friends. To use that, you need a minimum of 2
things, plus optionally a saved game for starting new games (the latter will save
you countless hours of force pool creation and fleet setup).
Warning : Except for the Vassal game engine, NONE
of the other 2 files are zipped, so you should not try to unzip them. Use them
as you downloaded them.
Computer World in Flames is World in Flames Final Edition as a
computer game on a PC running Win 9x / NT / 2000 / XP. It is in
developpement at Matrixgames.
It is now called Matrix World in Flames (MWiF). You are welcomed to visit and subscribe
to Matrixgames MWiF forum to
speak your ideas, comments, wish list, help or else.
The WIFCon is a wargaming tournament featuring World in Flames,
the definitive strategic level World War II wargame by Australian
Design Group (ADG).
The Euro WIFCon is the same as WiFCon, but it is held in Europe (Germany).
- Links to other WiF
sites all around the world (WiF FE & WiF5).
Note : all these downloadable items are zipped unless
otherwise noted.
- Latest WiF 5 Errata (Sept 95, unzipped HTML file - 16,4 kb).
- Latest SiF Errata for WiF5 (July 95, unzipped text file - 392 bytes)
- Complete list of WiF 5 Counters, with stats, sorted by country type and year (Word 6 file - 59,7 kb).
- Listing of WiF 5 Land & Naval units
(without stats) sorted by year of arrival (Word 6 file - 9,59 kb).
- Listing of WiF 5 Air units (without stats) sorted by year of arrival (Word
6 file - 8,96 kb).
- Traduction en Français des rêgles de WiF 5, incorporant AsA, AfA, MiF,
PiF, SiF, et les erratas de septembre 95 (Word 6 file - 129 kb). Non
officielle, et non garantie, mais utilisée dans 2
parties.
- Managing the Convoys for Japan & CW
(Excel 5 file - 9,50 kb).
There is an english speaking yahoo egroup dedicaced to the World in Flames game
with more than 1,000 WiF players inscribed.
Come
talking with us !!!! Rule nickpicking, questions, debates about the best Sea
Lion or the nicest Barbarossa, everything about World in Flames !
Go to the eGroups site at :
http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/wifdiscussion
Il y a aussi une liste World in Flames en français, avec une cinquantaine
de joueurs français inscrits, à :
http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldinFlames_en_francais/
A.D.G. Copyright notice
America in Flames, Patton in Flames, World
in Flames and all their components and kits, in both their
electronic and printed forms, are Copyright 1985 ~ 2006, Australian Design Group.
Please refer questions and comments to:
Australian Design Group
PO Box 6253
Los Osos, CA 93412 USA
or
wiflames@slonet.org
All the downloadable files here are from
me, except those otherwise noted.
If you are the author of one of the other files, and you doesn't
wish for it to be here, e-mail me, I'll delete it from this page.
Electronic mail addresses
Patrice Forno.
Copyright © 1997-2009. All rights reserved.
PS : I thank Harry
Rowland, Greg Pinder, and ADG for having created such an
interesting game.
PPS : I thank Olivier
and Philippe for
their explanations about Web Designing, and especially Olivier
for making me discover the Web in September 1996.
PPPS : I am French, so I hope you'll forgive me the faults
you could find in these pages… Thank you...
